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CrossCurrent Biographies
Role Model Entertainers

Reading Level - Grade 4
Interest Level - Grades 4 and up
ELA Standard E1

Role Model Entertainers crosscurrent biographies include high interest topics, and well known entertainers that will engage young adults. These books contain the faces of a variety of entertainers that have become prominent members of society who worked hard to get where they are today. Readers will learn about the personal struggles and perseverance of these role models as they take an inside look at their diverse lives, how they overcame adversity, and their new accomplishments and awards.

The Teacher’s Guide for all the crosscurrent series includes:

• Guidance for both literacy and content-area instruction.
• Chapter-by-chapter summaries of each book in the series.
• Higher-level discussion questions to build critical analysis.
• Structured writing opportunities.
• Multiple-choice questions for each chapter to help students recall and synthesize text material.
• Connections to standards correlations.
• Black-line reproducible masters to promote reading skills and content-area comprehension.

Role Model Entertainers Series Book Covers

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